Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti confirmed during the airline's annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday that it will migrate to a new reservations system called SabreSonic CSS in January next year.

The new system will improve customer recognition, and will assist in integrating its alliance partners Air New Zealand, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, and Singapore Airlines into the reservations system. It will also provide better visibility for the company in travel agents that interface with its back-end systems.

"Moving onto a single reservation system and designator code will eliminate duplication and enable travel agents to book Virgin Australia flights with greater ease and confidence."

The airline's current system, Navitaire New Skies, has suffered multiple failures, including one earlier this month, and the airline has been keen to roll out the sabre system, having announced its intentions to do so in November last year.

Borghetti also confirmed that next month, the airline will begin rolling out the in-flight Wi-Fi system that it has been developing with Lufthansa Systems, previously dubbed "BoardConnect."

It will allow passengers to stream on-demand content from the aircraft to their personal devices.